A Different Topic

Mike and John
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Welcome to A Different Topic, a podcast where John and Mike discuss things. And stuff. Sometimes it's articles and sometimes it's just general ideas, like those REALLY good ones you have in the shower.

エピソード

  1. Episode 1.11 - Meat, Nuclei, and BabyShark Malware

    2019/03/15

    Episode 1.11 - Meat, Nuclei, and BabyShark Malware

    Mike and John discuss artificial meat, some malware with a great name, and an atomic mystery 35 years in the making. 35-year Atomic Mystery Solved - https://www.livescience.com/64844-quarks-emc-effect-nucleus.html BabyShark Malware - https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/new-babyshark-malware-targets-u-s-national-security-think-tanks/ Rhett and Link mess around with Beyond Burgers and trying Beyond Meat in other products - https://youtu.be/T6AeO7flGx8 Thumbnail image by Stijn te Strake: https://unsplash.com/@stijntestrake

    1時間13分

  2. 2019/03/03

    Episode 1.10 - Mike and John did NOT kidnap Matt

    Our first guest, Matt, joins us for our tenth episode. We touch on the topics of learning, genetically enhanced learning, and living in a fantasy place. Mentions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGm8qPEzgoc - Finding the Mystical in... Quidditch - Jordan Peterson Sources: http://mentalfloss.com/article/574449/harry-potter-hogwarts-apartment-rentals?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter -  Harry Potter Fans Can Now Live at Hogwarts  https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612997/the-crispr-twins-had-their-brains-altered/ -  China’s CRISPR twins might have had their brains inadvertently enhanced

    1時間22分

  3. 2019/02/22

    Episode 1.9 - We want to hear each other faster than sound

    We wax not quite poetic on the topics of games, entangled networking, evolution, frightening AI, and curing DMD through DNA. Sources: AAV-CRISPER genome editing: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-019-0344-3 Quantum Communications: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612964/what-is-quantum-communications/ OpenAI text generator too scary to release: https://bgr.com/2019/02/17/openai-fake-news-elon-musk-too-scary-release/

    1時間12分

  4. 2019/02/13

    Episode 1.8 - Lasers are making a lot of noise and machines are speaking

    Mike and John discuss lasers in use as private sound transport (from MIT Review), searching for extraterrestrial life, and speech synthesized from brain activity (also from MIT Review). You'll be surprised where those topics take them! Other sources mentioned are It's Okay to be Smart and Minute Physics.

    1時間17分

  5. 2019/02/10

    Episode 1.7 - Spying electronics and laughing in groups

    Mike and John complain about technology spying on us and some other stuff.

    1時間21分

  6. 2019/01/30

    Episode 1.6 - Do we have free will?

    Mike and John try sorting through some complicated stuff about the nature of free choice.  Shower thought: https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/ak25vk/thanks_to_siri_alexa_and_google_a_whole/  Resources on free will research:  https://samharris.org/the-illusion-of-free-will/ https://www.wired.com/2008/04/mind-decision/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_of_free_will

    1時間12分

  7. 2019/01/30

    Episode 1.5 - Naturally occurring CRAYFISH CLONES!?

    Mike and John accidentally give some career advice before discussing some wacky crayfish and a shower thought.  Crayfish episode from SciShow: https://youtu.be/9VuBJDq9li4

    43分

  8. 2019/01/30

    Episode 1.4 - Glitter bomb "faked", outrage media, and another shower thought

    Mike and John struggle with the 24-hour news cycle, glitter bomb "fake" thieves, and argue about arguing.

    41分

  9. 2019/01/30

    Episode 1.3 - Don't give me a JIFT, give me a GIFT

    Mike and John discuss Artificial Intelligence, Matrioshka brains, and glitter bombs.  Reference Material: Mark Rober: https://www.youtube.com/user/onemeeeliondollars Glitter Bomb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxhDk-hwuo PBS Space Time - Computing a Universe Simulation: https://youtu.be/0GLgZvTCbaA

    1時間19分

  10. 2019/01/30

    Episode 1.2 - Nightmares, alternate universes, eggs, and dragons

    Mike and John share some bad dreams, discuss the relationship between sperm/egg fertilization and alternate universes, and there's also a bit about morally perfect dragons.

    1時間24分

  11. 2019/01/30

    Episode 1.1 - Apple is bad, corporate politics, intergalactic travel

    Mike and John discuss Apple's terrible prices, some corporate politics, a bad garage experience, intergalactic travel, and other ramblings.

    1時間10分
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番組について

Welcome to A Different Topic, a podcast where John and Mike discuss things. And stuff. Sometimes it's articles and sometimes it's just general ideas, like those REALLY good ones you have in the shower.

情報

  • クリエイター
    Mike and John
  • 配信期間
    19年
  • エピソード
    11
  • 制限指定
    不適切な内容を含む
  • Copyright
    © Mike and John
  • 番組のWebサイト
    A Different Topic